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From 15 June to October 2022, floods in Pakistan killed 1,739 people, [3] and caused about US$40 billion in damage. [4] The immediate causes of the floods were heavier than usual monsoon rains and melting glaciers [5] that followed a severe heat wave, both of which are linked to climate change.
In 2003, Sindh province was badly affected when above normal monsoon rainfall caused flooding in the province; urban flooding also hit Karachi where two days of rainfall of 284.5 millimetres (11.20 in) created havoc in the city, while Thatta District was the worst hit where 404 millimetres (15.9 in) rainfall caused flash floods in the district ...
Sindh (/ ˈ s ɪ n d / SIND; Sindhi: سِنْڌ ; Urdu: سِنْدھ, pronounced; abbr. SD, historically romanized as Sind or Scinde) is a province of Pakistan.Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province by population after Punjab.
Floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa killed eight people in January, [2] however from June 2022, floods affected most of Pakistan, affecting around 33 million people, or 12% of the country's population. [3] Over two million houses were damaged or destroyed by flooding, [ 4 ] and over $40 billion USD worth of damage has been caused.
Flooding in 2020 killed 410 people and caused US$1.5 billion worth of damage, [2] with 187 deaths occurring in Karachi in 2021 [3] and 1,739 killed across the country in 2022. [ 4 ] Impact
The season's first storm, Moderate Tropical Storm Ana, formed as a zone of disturbed weather on 20 January 2022, marking the latest first system in a Southwest Indian Ocean cyclone season ever. [1] [2] The second, and strongest storm of the season, Cyclone Batsirai, formed on 24 January, and became a long-lived and powerful storm.
English: 2022 Pakistan Floods - August 27, 2021 vs. August 27, 2022 in Sindh Source: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ Corrected Reflectance (Bands 7-2-1) Aqua / MODIS
Kandhkot (Sindhi: ڪنڌڪوٽ; Urdu: كندھ كوٹ) is a city and tehsil in Kashmore District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. [3] It is the 98th largest city of Pakistan with a population of 100,698 according to the 2017 census. [1] In the last quarter of 2022, Kandhkot along with other many cities in Sindh, was struck by major flooding.